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  1. Unless people see you executing those who go up against you, as they do in Iran, the UN corrupt bureacrats will not take you seriously. Unless you threaten their wealth or their lives, they don’t give a damn about you.

    Just as violent people respect violence, corrupt bureacrats respect power and the ability to wield that power over friends, family, and dissidents.

  2. I think the term “toothless” applies to its ability to strike out against bodies not a part of the UN. While “toothless” most certainly does describe the UN’s effectiveness as an external policing body, a better “-less” term applies to the UN internally: authority-less.

    If a member of the Security Councel decides to derail some UN vote, he does it without regard for possible real backlash. There are no internal checks against corruption by individual member states because there is no agreed upon authority able to correct corrupt ambassadorial behavior. What fear does a member of the Security Councel face when voting against an action because of ulterior motives? Nothing that I know of.

    The UN is merely a leader-less collection of 3rd tier diplomats too stupid and too irrelevent to be assigned “real” diplomatic duties. It’s amazing how little honor can be displayed when certain groups of people are asked to follow a simple honor code.

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